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'{{BLP sources|date=March 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Baljit Singh Sagoo | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = Balijt Singh Sagoo | alias = | Born = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1964|05|19}}<br/>[[Delhi]], [[India]] | death_date = | instrument = | genre = [[Bhangra]], [[Fusion (music)|fusion]] | occupation = | years_active = 1989&ndash;present | label = Ishq Records | associated_acts = | website = | notable_instruments = }} '''Bally Sagoo''' (born '''Baljit Singh Sagoo''', 19 May 1964) is a [[British Asian]] [[musician]] and [[Disc jockey|DJ]] who was born in Ranjit Nagar, [[Delhi]], [[India]], but grew up in [[Birmingham]], [[England]], in a predominantly [[Black British|black]] neighbourhood, influenced by [[disco]], [[rap music|rap]] and [[Motown]] music. In an interview "Re-mixing Identities: "Off" The Turn-Table," Bally said: <blockquote> "Indian music was Indian music. So I just left that side of things and I moved into the Western side of things and I was getting into English and American music... I was a typical example of someone who didn't know what Asian people were about. I was too much into the Western society business. My friends were mainly black and I didn't have many Asian mates because of, talking fifteen years ago you know, we didn't have funky Asian music... Then all of a sudden things just changed. I just got so much into it and my mates were like 'my god Bally Sagoo's doing Indian music.'" </blockquote> He gained success as a DJ in the club scene and broke into music by revamping old [[Bollywood]] hits and fusing them with [[hip hop music|hip hop]]. He is widely credited as one of the original pioneers of Bollywood, Bhangra and various [[India]]n music, and for triggering the explosion of modern [[Bhangra]] pop music (although his music was and is more a fusion of Western dance and hip hop with existing Indian music). This is specifically seen in his 1994 album ''Bollywood Flashback,''(The remix of Asha Bhosle's "Chura Liya" from the album is widely considered as an industry benchmark and the gold standard for Bollywood mixes) followed up with ''[[Rising From The East]]'' in 1996. Bally Sagoo runs a production company named Ishq Records that responsible for many artist. He has been awarded numerous Platinum album sales and awards. He has also toured with Michael Jackson in India. In 2003 he won an "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the [[UK Asian Music Awards]].<ref name=2005brlaunch>{{cite web|title=BRITISH ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS 2004 LAUNCHED|url=http://www.redhotcurry.com/entertainment/music/brama_launch.htm|accessdate=24 August 2010|date=7 October 2004}}</ref> On an international scale, his most famous work features prominently in [[Gurinder Chadha]]'s film ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' and [[It's a Wonderful Afterlife]]. He worked together with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] for a musical rendition of [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]]'s poetry and produced [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]]'s ground breaking album ''Magic Touch''. In 2007, he starred and composed the music in the Punjabi [[film]], ''Sajna ve Sajna''. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{refbegin}} * [http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=245532 Bhangra beats] Express India - July 12, 2007 {{refend}} bally sagoo lived in india ==External links== * [http://www.ishqrecords.com/ballyBiog.htm Ishq Records biography] * [http://music.punjabcentral.com/producer/?producer=5&stab=2 Bally Sagoo Albums] * [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37c9v_bally-sagoo-a-paris-france_music Bally Sagoo in Paris - Oct. 12, 2007] * [http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=21816663&albumid=12297132 Six early Bally Sagoo albums] * [http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=18060161&albumid=10401689 Five later Bally Sagoo albums] * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407998/soundtrack The Mistress of Spices - 21 April 2006 (UK)] * [http://www.solidpulse.net/ints.html Bally Sagoo interview] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Sagoo, Bally | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Sagoo, Balijt Singh | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 10 December 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sagoo, Bally}} [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Asian Underground musicians]] [[Category:Bhangra]] [[Category:British Sikhs]] [[Category:English people of Indian descent]] [[Category:Desi musicians]] [[Category:Indian male singers]] [[Category:Indian musicians]] [[Category:Indian singer-songwriters]] [[fr:Bally Sagoo]]'